Rodney King Applauded At A Benefit In New York

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August 15, 1993

NEW YORK — In a rare appearance outside Los Angeles, Rodney King attended a benefit here Saturday honoring civil rights pioneers and was praised as a ''living symbol'' of black's struggle for equality. ''Every time they hit you, they hit everybody in your community,'' Benjamin Chavis, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told King. King was given a standing ovation by about 100 people at the benefit. King was clubbed, kicked and stomped in 1991 by Los Angeles police officers. The beating was videotaped by a witness.